§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary for Wales (1) how many long-tem unemployed there are in each constituency in Wales; [25314]
293W(2) how many long-term unemployed (a) men and (b) women there are in each constituency in Wales. [25316]
§ Mr HainThe requested information on long-term unemployment is given in the table (it relates to all people who have been claiming unemployment-related benefits for 52 weeks or more). The data are also available from the NOMIS database, which can be accessed by the staff of the Library.
Long-term unemployed (claimant count), October 19971 Constituency Male Female Total Aberavon 324 45 369 Alyn and Deeside 304 45 349 Blaenau Gwent 717 94 811 Brecon and Radnorshire 213 58 271 Bridgend 321 70 391 Caernarfon 659 112 771 Caerphilly 609 111 720 Cardiff Central 582 129 711 Cardiff North 218 28 246 Cardiff South and Penarth 784 133 917 Cardiff West 776 105 881 Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 307 75 382 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 573 115 688 Ceredigion 296 60 356 Clwyd South 246 56 302 Clwyd West 344 66 410 Conwy 588 115 703 Cynon Valley 378 66 444 Delyn 246 38 284 Gower 258 41 299 Islwyn 196 43 239 Llanelli 561 91 652 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 309 77 386 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 505 78 583 Monmouth 271 53 324 Mongomeryshire 98 20 118 Neath 331 53 384 Newport East 479 96 575 Newport West 588 102 690 Ogmore 306 56 362 Pontypridd 391 57 448 Preseli Pembrokeshire 585 125 710 Rhondda 488 71 559 Swansea East 452 44 496 Swansea West 501 92 593 Torfaen 349 56 405 Vale of Clwyd 381 69 450 Vale of Glamorgan 439 104 543 Wrexham 303 73 376 Ynys Mon 816 175 991 Total 17,092 3,097 20,189 Source:
Office for National Statistics.
Note:
1 Claimant unemployed for 52 weeks or over. These figures are not seasonally adjusted.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many unemployed persons under the age of 25 years there are in each constituency of Wales. [25315]
§ Mr. HainThe requested information on unemployment is given in the table (it relates to people under the age of 25 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits).294W The data are also available from the NOMIS database, which can be accessed by the staff of the Library.
Unemployed persons under the age of 25 (claimant count), October 1997 1 Constituency Number Aberavon 514 Alyn and Deeside 372 Blaenau Gwent 618 Brecon and Radnorshire 299 Bridgend 522 Caernarfon 553 Caerphilly 780 Cardiff Central 773 Cardiff North 295 Cardiff South and Penarth 813 Cardiff West 721 Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 366 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 606 Ceredigion 414 Clwyd South 382 Clwyd West 364 Conwy 606 Cynon Valley 567 Delyn 347 Gower 457 Islwyn 367 Llanelli 665 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 294 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 737 Monmouth 356 Montgomeryshire 198 Neath 560 Newport East 567 Newport West 655 Ogmore 527 Pontypridd 612 Preseli Pembrokeshire 645 Rhondda 691 Swansea East 680 Swansea West 678 Torfaen 555 Vale of Clwyd 509 Vale of Glamorgan 656 Wrexham 419 Ynys Mon 618 Total 21,358 Source:
Office for National Statistics.
Note:
1 These figures are not seasonally adjusted.